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Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón; 21 February 1794 – 21 June 1876), [1] often known as Santa Anna, [2] was a Mexican soldier, politician, and caudillo [3] who served as the 8th president of Mexico on multiple occasions between 1833 and 1855.
Santa Anna, a Spanish ship that a British privateer captured in 1806 that became a whaling ship; People. Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876 ), Mexican ...
General Antonio López de Santa Anna was a proponent of governmental federalism when he helped oust Mexican President Anastasio Bustamante in December 1832. Upon his election as president in April 1833, [4] Santa Anna switched his political ideology and began implementing centralist policies that increased the authoritarian powers of his office. [5]
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution.Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States).
Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden or St. Anna (c. 1001–1050), daughter of Olaf, King of Sweden; Benito Fernández de Santa Ana (1707–1761), Spanish missionary in Texas; Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876), Mexican general and politician; Santa Anna (Comanche war chief) (c. 1798–1849), Native American tribal leader
The name Santa Ana winds comes from the Santa Ana Canyon in Orange County, one of the many locations where the winds blow intensely. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] [ 5 ] Santa Ana Canyon and Santa Ana River, the old Spanish land grant Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana , and the town of Santa Ana are all so named because the Portolá expedition entered the river valley ...
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Santa Ana was the home of the original Glenn L. Martin aviation company, founded in 1912 before merging with the Wright Company in 1916. Later, Glenn Luther Martin created a second company of the same name in Cleveland, Ohio which eventually merged with the Lockheed Corporation to form the largest defense contractor in the world, Lockheed ...